use along Tigris-Euphrates river system

Just south of the river below Al-Ramādī lie Lakes Al-Ḥabbāniyyah and Al-Milḥ, both of which are large depressions into which excess Euphrates water is diverted by controlled escape. A canal links Lake Al-Ḥabbāniyyah to Lake Al-Tharthār north of the river, which in turn draws overflow from the Tigris by canal. Between Al-Ramādī...